African Stock Exchanges

Mauritius Market Watch | May 28th 2015: More blood on the Mauritius equity market Street

Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):- Mauritius equity market indices closed on a negative note today. The SEMDEX lost 0.35 percent to 1956.13 points and the SEM10 lost 0.57 percent to 371.09 points. Total market turnover amounted to MUR 45.3m mainly geared towards SBM Holdings and CIEL which accounted for 58.9 percent of total market turnover. SBM Holdings traded flat at MUR 0.93 on 19.0 million shares exchanged. CIEL lost 2.7 percent to MUR 7.10 at which price it…

Egypt: 20 companies listed on EGX with EGP 5bn capital since May 2014

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) is preparing to welcome, for the second time, an investment conference on financial markets, reports Egypt “Daily News” citing a press release of the institution. Over 20 companies have been listed on the EGX with over EGP 5bn in capital since May 2014, EGX Chairman Mohamed Omran announced. In the statement issued by the Stock market, EGX Chairman Mohamed Omran said this “success” came…

Mauritius Market Watch | May 27th 2015: Mauritius equity market continued in negative territory

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Mauritius equity market indices ended the session in negative territory. The Semdex lost 0.25% to 1962.95 points and the SEM-10 lost 0.36% to 373.23 points. Total market turnover amounted to MUR 98.9m mainly geared towards SBM Holdings and CIEL which accounted for 80.4% of total market turnover. The market capitalization ended the trading session at MUR 218.23 billion. SBM Holdings traded flat on its ex-div reference price of MUR 0.93 on 43.6…

Botswana Market Watch | May 27th 2015: Botswana equity market continues the positive trend

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Gaborone, Botswana (Capital Markets in Africa):- The Botswana domestic composite index continued to head northwards, gaining 0.01 percent (to close at 10,457.26 point) to extend its year-to-date growth by 10.06 percent. However, the foreign composite index remained flat to close at 1,569 points and year-to-date return is still in the red, reflecting the depressed international commodity market. The equity market capitalization was recorded at BWP 381.455 billion. Looking at the market activity; the total volume and total turnover were recorded at 3.807…

Ghana Market Watch | May 27th 2015: Ghanaian benchmark index adds 1.02pts

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Accra, Ghana (Capital Markets in Africa):- Ghana equity benchmark composite index went down by 1.02 points (about -0.04 percent) to end the day at 2,361.02, representing a year- to- date return of 4.42 percent. The Financial Index also declined 2.01 points (-0.08 percent) to 2,422.45 with a year-to-date return of 6.64%. The market capitalization was recorded at GHS 64,440.64 million (lost GHS 5.5 million from previous market cap). At the close of trading, a total of 154,578 shares valued at GHS 345,540 were…

Botswana Market Watch | May 26th 2015: Botswana equity index continued to head northwards

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Mauritius Market Watch | May 26th 2015: Mauritius equity market ended the session in negative territory

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Port Louis, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-Mauritius equity market indices ended the session in negative territory. The SAMDEX lost 0.24% to 1967.91 points and the SEM-10 lost 0.31% to 374.59 points. The market capitalization ended the trading session at MUR 218.822 billion. Looking at the market activity, total market turnover amounted to MUR 81.6 million mainly geared towards SBM Holdings and MCB Group which accounted for 84.9% of total market turnover. SBM Holdings traded on its last cum today and went…

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